Randall T Higashida M.D.
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505 Parnassus Ave L352 San Francisco CA, 94143About
A renowned interventional neuroradiologist and expert in the diagnosis and treatment of stroke, Dr. Randall T. Higashida serves as chief of the Division of Interventional Neurovascular Radiology at UCSF ...
Education and Training
Tulane University School of Medicine 1980
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Rescue treatment of acute parent vessel thrombosis with glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor during GDC coil embolization.
- Simultaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage and carotid cavernous fistula after rupture of a paraclinoid aneurysm during balloon-assisted coil embolization.
- Beating aneurysm sign: angiographic evidence of ruptured aneurysm tamponade by intracranial hemorrhage. Case illustration.
- Intraventricular contrast medium leakage during ethanol embolization of an arteriovenous malformation.
- Acquired pial arteriovenous fistula following cerebral vein thrombosis.
- Carotid artery cavernous fistulas.
- Endovascular treatment of ruptured posterior circulation cerebral aneurysms. Clinical and angiographic outcomes.
- Endovascular treatment of a ruptured intracranial dissecting vertebral aneurysm in a kickboxer.
- Balloon-assist technique for endovascular coil embolization of geometrically difficult intracranial aneurysms.
- Hemorrhagic complications in vein of Galen malformations.
- Evolution of a new multidisciplinary subspecialty: interventional neuroradiology/neuroendovascular surgery.
- Atheroemboli to the brain: size threshold for causing acute neuronal cell death.
- Endovascular treatment of cerebral artery aneurysms during pregnancy: report of three cases.
- Endovascular treatment of a ruptured dual aperture cavernous aneurysm.
- Should interventional radiologists be involved in acute stroke intervention?
Fellowships
- University California 1985
- UCLA, Interventional Neuroradiology 1985
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